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Barcode 2D Macros for Office

Barcode 2D Macros for Office provides a collection of macros for converting a selected item (text in Word, one or more cells in Excel or Access) into high quality 2D barcode pictures or font based 2D barcodes, and Active-X controls for use on documents, spreadsheets, forms or reports. Both font and picture barcodes support Aztec, Datamatrix, PDF417 and QR Code symbols, and additional types are supported as picture barcodes.

The macros are suitable for use in Office 2003 or later, including Office 2010 (32 and 64 bit versions). The product also includes an in-cell formula module for Excel, allowing font-based barcode to be created using an in-cell formula.

Other news

Universal 1D Barcode font kit gets cosmetics GS1 font.

dLSoft has upgraded the Universal 1D Barcode Font Kit to include fonts for creating cosmetic versions (ie. elongated start and stop bars and text under the bars) for the common GS1 retail barcodes including EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A and UPC-E.

Windows Phone 7 components

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of a range of barcode components for the WIndows Phone 7/7.5 platform. The dBarcode SL components are C# and SilverLight class libraries and are ideal for creating barcode images on a Windows Phone. The current releases include a 1D Universal, a Dual Universal, and Aztec, Datamatrix, QR Code and PDF417 components.

The dBarcan SL component is a C# and Silverlight class library for decoding a writeablebitmap image viewed by a WIndows Phone 7.5 (Mango).

More components get Unicode treatment

dLSoft has updated a number of its product to facilitate the encoding of Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Korean and other Unicode languages into its Active Barcode Components, dBarcode DLLs and 2D Font Kits supporting Aztec, Datamatrix, PDF417 and QR Code. These products may be used for Unicode encoding of data supplied in non-western character sets simply by setting a flag.

Our .NET components already include this facility in the latest releases.

HIBC barcodes

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of updated versions of our labelling components, Labels.NET, which now include both HIBC (LIC) barcode support and the facility to concatenate data from multiple fields to generate GS1-128 barcodes containing AIs. The new versions support .NET v2 or later only.

Updated versions of our applications AnyLabels and Really Simple Labels (which are built on the above components) have also been updated.

dBarcode.NET 1D Universal and DUal Universal versions have also had HIBC support added for both Code 128 and Code 39 variants.

Other recent news from dLSoft

Barcode Desk

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of a major new product the dLSoft Barcode Desk. Barcode desk includes tools that not only creates barcode images and prints barcode labels but also allows the technician to verify the final printed barcode by scanning the image using a quality flatbed scanner and then using Barcode Reporter to analyse the X dimension, gain, structure and check characters for GS1-13, GS1-8, GS1-128, UPC-A and UPC-E symbols as well as Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, Codabar, and Interleaved 2 of 5 symbols.

Universal 2D Font Kit

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of the Universal 2D Barcode Font Kit. The Universal 2D Barcode Font kit includes the fonts and a DLL, an Active-X component and a fully-managed-code .NET (version 2 or later only) component, allowing calls from most programming languages to convert a character string into an Aztec, Datamatrix, PDF417, Micro PDF 417, QR Code or Micro QR Code barcode.

Products get vector EPS capabilities

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of new versions of dBarcode Pro, all dBarcode DLLs and all Active Barcode Components. The new versions include the ability to save barcode images in vector Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) format.

Really Simple Labels

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of Really Simple Labels a powerful but easy to use label/ticket/card design and printing program that can use data from MS Access (97-2010), Excel (97-2010) or most OLEDB or ODBC data sources, including simple text or csv files.

GS1 Databar Font Kit

dLSoft is please to announce the release of the GS1 Databar Font Kit, providing a font based solution for the creation of Databar symbols. The single font provided allows for the creation of all variants of the Databar system at the minimum height/width ratios of the Databar specification.

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